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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Skirmisher
 |cost = 5
 |set = Allies
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Attack
 |illustrator = Claus Stephan
 |text = '''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>+{{Cost|1}}<br>This turn, when you gain an Attack card, each other player discards down to 3&nbsp;cards in hand.
}}

'''Skirmisher''' is an [[Action]]-[[Attack]] card from [[Allies]]. It is a source of [[cantrip money]] that does a [[Militia]]-esque [[handsize attack]] if you gain an Attack card during the turn you've played it.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* When played, Skirmisher sets up an ability for the rest of the turn; any time you gain an Attack card, each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand.
* Revealing {{Card|Moat}} when Skirmisher is played stops the attack; you can't reveal Moat when an Attack card is gained later.
=== Other Rules clarifications ===
* You resolve all your on-gain abilities before the other players get to use their own on-gain abilities (assuming that it's your turn). This means that an attacked player has to discard to your Skirmisher first before they get to use {{Event|Invest}} or {{Card|Falconer}}.
* If you gain Skirmisher and then play it (with e.g. {{Ally|City-state}}), the other players will discard down to 3 cards in hand.
* When you gain an Attack, you may play it with {{Ally|City-state}} before attacking with Skirmisher. This may be useful if playing the Attack would draw them cards (such as {{Card|Soothsayer}}).
* If you gain a copy of Skirmisher with either {{Card|Disciple}} or {{Card|Specialist}}, Skirmisher will attack. But if you gain a copy of Skirmisher with {{Card|Kiln}}, you won't attack, because you haven't followed Skirmisher's instructions yet.
* Exchanging or exiling a card doesn't count as gaining it. So if you exchange a {{Card|Peasant}} for a {{Card|Soldier}}, or exile a Skirmisher with {{Event|Invest}}, you won't attack. But if you gain an Attack and exchange it (e.g. for a {{Card|Changeling}}), you'll still attack.

== Strategy ==
===External strategy articles===
== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || '''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>+{{Cost|1}}<br>This turn, when you gain an Attack card, each other player discards down to 3&nbsp;cards in hand. || Allies || March 2022
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
! German
| Aufwiegler<br>(lit. ''Agitator'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|German}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''<br>+{{Cost|1}}<br>Wenn du in diesem Zug eine Angriffskarte nimmst, legt jeder Mitspieler seine Handkarten bis auf 3 ab. || 
|}

== Trivia ==
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=== Preview ===
{{Quote
|Text=Skirmisher {{Card|Militia}}s people, but only when more [[attack]]s are coming in. Which of course can just be more Skirmishers, or some other attack.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21082.0 Allies Preview 1: Allies]}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=Didn't change.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21129.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Allies]
}}
=== Further development comments ===
Constant Skirmisher attacks could continually prevent your opponent from hitting {{Cost|5}}, which would prevent them from attacking you with their own Skirmisher.
{{Quote
|Text=
It wasn't missed that [Skirmisher and {{Card|Highwayman}}] could do that; it didn't get me to make them suck.

I'm okay with the worst card in each set being some attack that just didn't want to make the game suck. And that's mostly how it's going these days. But of course attacks like anything else are trying not to suck despite that; they just have a harder time getting to the sweet spot. Those attacks seemed good and still do; not game-breaking and not awful. Hooray!
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg890786#msg890786 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
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[[category:Peddler (card archetype)]]
[[category:Cantrip]]
[[category:Non-terminals]]
[[category:Virtual coin]]
[[Category:Offense]]
[[Category:Attack]]
[[Category:Handsize attack]]